page_title: Wayzata Public Schools
section_title: Central Middle School
hierarchical_section_title: Wayzata Public Schools / List of Schools / Central Middle School
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial photo of Wayzata Central Middle School, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA.
context_page_description: Wayzata Public Schools is a public school district in the northwestern area of Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S. serving all or part of the cities of Corcoran, Maple Grove, Medicine Lake, Medina, Minnetonka, Orono, Plymouth, and Wayzata.
  Wayzata Public Schools include eight elementary schools, three middle schools and one high school. The district also has a community education department.
  The superintendent of Wayzata Public Schools is Dr. Chace B. Anderson. The approximate enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year is 12,720 students. The district employs more than 1,695 employees including almost 900 teaching positions. The district operates with a total expenditure budget for the 2018-2019 school year of more than $194 million, which includes about $163 million for the general operations of the schools. It is one of only two districts in the state to be given a Aaa bond rating by Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s Investor Services. Wayzata Public Schools is rated #2 in Minnesota by Niche right after Minnetonka Public Schools.
context_section_description: Central Middle School is located at 305 Vicksburg Lane in Plymouth MN 55447. The principal is Clark Doten and the student day is from 9:10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The current enrollment is approximately 1,317 students in grades 6 through 8.
  The Central Middle School building was opened in 1961 as the senior high school and converted to Central Middle School in 1997. It is located on the southeast corner of Gleason Lake at the intersection of Gleason Lake Road and Vicksburg Lane.
  Each year, students are assigned to one of four "teams": Blue, Gold, Silver, or Green. A student's team determines which teachers he or she will have.
  Unlike other Wayzata schools, Central does not have a swimming pool, but has a hockey arena. The arena once hosted Wayzata High School home games when the high school was located at the Central building.
  Students in Wayzata middle schools are required to take three years of physical education and a performance-based music course from the Encore department. Students must also take one quarter of industrial technology, family and consumer science, art and world language in sixth and seventh grades. In eighth grade, students have the opportunity to explore two of these four offerings in a more in-depth semester-long course.
  In addition to the standard curriculum, all Wayzata middle schools offer special services and Vision 21 (gifted) curriculum.
caption: Aerial photo of Wayzata Central Middle School Campus.
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